Some say that Instagramming art actually ruins the art experience, I argue that social media and selfie culture add another layer to the experience of the art which is radically different from how art was experienced before the rise of social media.

Will Boone's "Monument" is an installation that ties back to the artist's fascination with John F. Kennedy's death and his personal connection to it as a Texan. Summon the courage to step into an all-black underground bunker in the middle of the desert

This week, we speak with New Zealand's former prime minister, Helen Clark and filmmaker Gaylene Preston regarding their documentary about Clark's foiled bid to become the United Nation's first female Secretary General.

Fifty years ago, on March 16, 1968, U.S. soldiers attacked the Vietnamese village of My Lai. Even though the soldiers met no resistance, they slaughtered more than 500 Vietnamese women, children and old men over the next four hours.

Rising rents. Stagnant wages. Homelessness. Gentrification. Today's big stories in Los Angeles have a common thread: a gap in social and economic equity. A report found that L.A. has the 7th highest level of income inequality in the country.

Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old Rio de Janeiro city councilmember and human rights activist who was killed last week, was a black lesbian known for her fierce criticism of police killings in Brazil’s impoverished favela neighborhoods.

Fifty years ago, on March 16, 1968, U.S. soldiers attacked the Vietnamese village of My Lai. Even though the soldiers met no resistance, they slaughtered more than 500 Vietnamese women, children and old men over the next four hours.

John Ridley, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “12 Years a Slave” continues to tackle subjects that are relevant to today’s America. The unstoppable Ridley is now working on a comic book sequel, “The American Way: Those Above and Those Below.”

Following Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s meeting with Pope Francis, the governing party and its opposition have agreed to mediation from the Vatican.

This agreement resulted in the National Assembly postponing a debate and trial over whether Maduro could be impeached. Opposition leaders also called off a nationwide march that was planned.

“President Nicolas Maduro is operating outside of the constitution and the National Assembly needs to charge him and preserve our country,” said Freddy Guevara, one of the opposition leaders in the Assembly prior to the agreement. “We should convoke a nationwide protest and march on the national palace.”

Maduro cancelled efforts for a recall vote, after millions of Venezuelans signed petitions to have him removed from office. The president has ordered that this recall is not allowed, against constitutional law.

Venezuela is experiencing an economic depression, as it navigates through hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine.

Wave of Corruption Prosecutions

Argentinean Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Salvadoran Antonio Saca are the latest former presidents to make headlines in a wave for former presidents who are facing prosecution on corruption charges throughout Latin America.

Prosecutors say Fernandez laundered money for at least one influential business leader who supported her party. A judge froze her assets this summer to block her from hiding these financial dealings and to keep her from shipping funds out of the country.
Hundreds of Fernandez supporters clashed with police outside of the courthouse in a bout of support for the former president. Fernandez has asked for the charges to be dismissed.

President Saca of El Salvador taped during a meeting with President Bush in 2007. | The Book Archive

Prosecutors in El Salvador arrested former president Antonio Saca this week, after searching through his home and businesses. Saca, whose term ended seven years ago, is accused of embezzling more than $240 million when he ran the country.

Former president Mauricio Funes fled the country this summer after facing a corruption probe as well. He was granted asylum in Nicaragua.

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Some say that Instagramming art actually ruins the art experience, I argue that social media and selfie culture add another layer to the experience of the art which is radically different from how art was experienced before the rise of social media.